The Tyrant's Novel

The Tyrant's Novel

Author	Tom Keneally
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Doubleday, Australia
Publication date	2003
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	292
ISBN	1864710713
Preceded by	An Angel in Australia
Followed by	The Widow and Her Hero

The Tyrant's Novel is a 2003 novel by Australian novelist Tom Keneally.

Plot summary

An unnamed country's tyrannical ruler, Great Uncle, commands author Alan Sheriff to ghost-write a novel that will have the literary circles of the western world talking about him. The novel is told from the point-of-view of Sheriff after he has arrived in Australia as a refugee and been incarcerated in a detention centre.

Notes

Dedication: To my brother, John Patrick, the good practitioner, with fraternal love

Reviews

The Guardian^[1]
Publisher's Weekly^[2]

Awards and nominations

2003 winner Colin Roderick Award

References

Novels by Thomas Keneally

The Place at Whitton (1964)
The Fear (1965)
Bring Larks and Heroes (1967)
Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968)
The Survivor (1969)
A Dutiful Daughter (1971)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974)
Gossip from the Forest (1975)
Season in Purgatory (1976)
A Victim of the Aurora (1978)
Passenger (1979)
Confederates (1979)
The Cut-Rate Kingdom (1980)
Schindler's Ark (1982)
A Family Madness (1985)
The Playmaker (1987)
Act of Grace (1985)
By the Line (1989)
Towards Asmara (1989)
Flying Hero Class (1991)
Chief of Staff (1991)
Woman of the Inner Sea (1993)
Jacko: The Great Intruder (1993)
A River Town (1995)
Bettany's Book (2000)
An Angel in Australia (2000)
The Tyrant's Novel (2003)
The Widow and Her Hero (2007)
The People's Train (2009)
The Daughters of Mars (2012)
Shame and the Captives (2014)
Napoleon's Last island (2015)

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